Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Ellen McIlwaine	Cure My Blues	Everybody Needs It	04:14
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Dave Gordon & Kay*	I Love That Hockey Team	I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow	03:07
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:59
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
David Amram	Little Momma	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:04
Albert Jones*	That's the Way You Lost My Love	The Facts of Life	03:56
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	You're Getting Better	Love Serenade	02:30
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Like Some One In Love	And I Love Her	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Jack Holland	You Can't Make a Dancer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:51
Jonathan Edwards	Sailboat	Sailboat	03:08
Sidewinders	Gift to the Sun	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Billy Gene	Fear Itself	03:05
Exponians	Yellow Bird	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:25
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
Jonathan Edwards	How About You	Sailboat	03:28
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Devil Woman	I'm a Song	03:37
David Amram	Old Man and the Children	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:48
Matt* Lucas	I'm Movin' On	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	03:05
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:07
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Zambonis*	Mind Like a Playgroup	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:36
Ellen McIlwaine	For Suki	Fear Itself	02:47
Loni Gamble	Circles	ST	06:08
Jack Holland	Waco	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:39
Joe* Glazer	New Democratic Party Train	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:58
Buddy Knox	Teasable, Pleasable You	ST (mono)	02:19
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	(There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World	Love Serenade	03:02
Cal* Bostic	That's All	Introducing...	02:31
Exponians	The Look of Love	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:05
Matt* Lucas	The Nuthouse	Matt Gets Blue	02:30
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	O Moon Do Not Shine	Ukrainian Pops	02:34
Matt* Lucas	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Reapers Harvest	Ukrainian Pops	03:04
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна	Ukrainian Pops	03:02
David Amram	Your Smile On My Mind	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:34
Joe* Glazer	It Could be a Wonderful World	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:53
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Just a Few Words	I'm a Song	03:10
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Buddy Knox	I'm In Love With You	ST	01:46
Loni Gamble	Nightime Kind of Love	ST	06:53
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Honky Tonk Angel	04:32
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angel	02:38
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Polissian Polka 'Mazury'	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:10
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Street Girl	Love Serenade	03:17
Aarons And Ackley*	Devil Song	ST	03:00
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Honky Tonk Angel	03:52
Cal* Bostic	May I	Introducing...	02:34
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	We the People	02:52
Zambonis*	Let's Go Whalers	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:30
Jonathan Edwards	Girl from the Canyon	Sailboat	02:37
Matt* Lucas	Vibrator Blues	Matt Gets Blue	04:10
Matt* Lucas	Leave the Light On Baby	Matt Gets Blue	06:00
Alpha Centauri	Love Only You	ST	04:05
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	I Want a Girl	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:04
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Nelson* Riddle	Government House	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Matt* Lucas	Massage Parlour Blues	Matt Gets Blue	03:53
Jonathan Edwards	Weapon of Prayer	Sailboat	03:27
Ellen McIlwaine	We The People	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:23
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Bohemian	I'm a Song	04:14
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Nelson* Riddle	Barkerville	British Columbia Suite	02:22
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:39
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Alpha Centauri	I'm a Rebel	ST	03:37
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Jack Holland	Get it Behind You Girl	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:37
Cal* Bostic	Georgie Girl	Introducing...	01:56
Nelson* Riddle	Moving Ahead	British Columbia Suite	02:41
Buddy Knox	Don't Make Me Cry	ST	02:20
Matt* Lucas	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Respect	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	02:50
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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